Chapter 1865


    Sean rapped on his sister''s door with a casual knock to signal his presence.


    He''d been hoping to catch up with her for a bit, so as to get a read on Ophelia''s take on the recent


    events. For example, had the car race they''d attended left a sour taste in Ophelia''s mouth? And was


    Ophelia now harboring a grudge against him for the whole debacle with that project ?


    But after a few knocks, there was no answer from within.


    Hadn''t he heard some noise just moments ago?


    Why was it dead silent all of a sudden?


    Had she fallen asleep?


    Just as Sean was about to walk away, a sudden thought struck him and froze him in his tracks. What if


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    his sister was in danger?


    “Sis, I’ming in, okay?”


    Throwing caution to the wind, he twisted the doorknob and pushed open his sister''s bedroom door.


    The room was deserted, with the balcony door wide open, curtains billowing in the breeze, and


    snowkes drifting in.


    Where was his sister?


    He stepped onto the balcony, only to be greeted by a world nketed in white, with snow piled


    everywhere.


    There were footprints along the edge of the wall and in the snow below, which were roughly the size of


    his sister''s feet.


    Could his sister have leapt from the balcony to the wall''s edge and then down to the ground? Where


    was she headed?


    Following the direction of the footprints, Sean''s eyesnded on a corner of the garden where a few


    figures seemed to be missing.


    Had someone broken in?


    With that rming thought, Sean jumped down, following his sister''s trail. He alerted his brothers and


    sprinted towards the spot where his sister might be.


    Moments before, after Arabe had finished her shower, she found something off about the


    surveince, whose angles seemed to have been tampered with, and she also noticed that the number


    of guards in the corner was down by two.


    To avoid tipping off the intruder, she leapt from the balcony rail, dodging cameras and rushing towards


    the corner of the garden. True enough, it wasn''t just two guards unconscious under the trees – there


    were six.


    Someone had definitely made their way in.


    The intruder had likely aimed to stay under the radar, hence there were no fatalities.


    Murdering on a snowy day would leave conspicuous red stains, so the visitor would act with discretion.


    Arabe tracked the footprints to the basement and, sure enough, found a group of skilled assassins.


    The guards from Reflections Vi were clearly no match for them, and even the seasoned security


    team under Hans seemed overwhelmed. Within moments, they too crumbled to the ground.


    As Arabe drew near, she detected a peculiar scent on the attackers – a custom knockout fragrance


    that had floored the Collins'' guards.


    What was this potent concoction?


    She''d never encountered this fragrance before.


    Luckily, she had been taking a special pill these past few days, which was an antidote for various toxins


    and fragrances.


    The assassins, seeing Arabe still standing, exchanged puzzled looks. By all ounts, the fragrance


    should have rendered her unconscious upon first whiff.


    Yet there she stood ,safe and sound, causing a conundrum in their midst.